The knees and butt of my drysuit tend to get muddy. I remember reading one should keep a clean drysuit to extend the life of the suit. Only once a year do I actually put the drysuit in the washing machine. The rest of the season I take it in the shower.
The drysuit often ends up there anyway. I hang over the shower rod to dry and air out. Last few years, a scrub brush and container of diluted tech wash have also taken up residence in the shower. When the suit looks muddy while I'm showering, I drag it in the shower and scrub, then rinse, the muddy spots. Then it goes back on the shower rod.
I wondered if anybody else's drysuit gets the shower treatment. It would actually make a lot of sense to just wear the drysuit home from the river and go immediately into the shower, but that's never happened. After a day-long outing with the "small child trying to strangle me," i.e., a gasket around my neck, I take off at least the top half of the drysuit by the time I get in the car. But, I think it'd be easier to wash while I'm wearing it.
The drysuit often ends up there anyway. I hang over the shower rod to dry and air out. Last few years, a scrub brush and container of diluted tech wash have also taken up residence in the shower. When the suit looks muddy while I'm showering, I drag it in the shower and scrub, then rinse, the muddy spots. Then it goes back on the shower rod.
I wondered if anybody else's drysuit gets the shower treatment. It would actually make a lot of sense to just wear the drysuit home from the river and go immediately into the shower, but that's never happened. After a day-long outing with the "small child trying to strangle me," i.e., a gasket around my neck, I take off at least the top half of the drysuit by the time I get in the car. But, I think it'd be easier to wash while I'm wearing it.